Festival bus hire
Providing a shuttle bus from the local train station to the site helps present an aesthetically pleasing and viable eco-friendly alternative to driving to the festival; and a far safer alternative to driving home.
Our Big Red Buses aim to meet all trains at the designated station to ensure the smoothest possible transition to your event, and to help the party start long before your customers hit the site.
When requested our Big Red Buses can be run on recycled cooking oil to keep in line with the ethos of your event. We can also provide a wrist-banding service so that bus users beat the queues when they arrive at the gates.
Below is a list of current and past festivals we have been involved with. In some instances the festival pays for a free shuttle to be provided, whilst for others a fare is charged to users of the registered service. For bigger events our fleet is expanded, by using local operators wherever possible. For information about using the Big Red Buses for your event please get in touch
SUNRISE CELEBRATION - (3-6th June) Bruton, Somerset
We have worked alongside sunrise festival for the past 6 years providing a shuttle service from the local station to the festival. This encourages the eco-friendly attendees of this festival, powered by 100% renewable energy, to leave their cars at home. This year the big red bus will be used to transport people onto site from Bruton train station on the Thursday and Friday, and back to the station on the Sunday and Monday, as well as providing a shopping service into the village to stock up on supplies.
www.sunrisecelebration.com
GLADE FESTIVAL 15 – 18 July 2010
Art and Electronic Music Festival
The Glade is another festival that we have worked alongside for many years and followed from its first site near Thatcham to the current location at Matterly Bowl near Winchester. The big red bus will bring revellers right to the front gate of the festival starting at 3pm on the Thursday, and meeting the last trains on both Thursday and Friday.
www.gladefestival.com/
SHAMBALA 27 - 30 August 2010
Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire
Shambala is well regarded as the perfect end to the summer and is another festival powered by 100% renewable energy resources. Shambala uses the big red bus to provide a free shuttle from the local station of Market Harborough to the site from Thursday through to Monday.
www.shambalafestival.org/
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 23 – 27 June 2010
Pilton, Somerset
For the first time this year (as well as being on the Kidz field) the big red bus will be part of the operation providing a free shuttle service from Castle Cary train station onto the festival site, as well as providing a day trip service for local residents on the Sunday. So look out for us when you arrive.
www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
FESTIVALS OF THE PAST:
THE BIG GREEN GATHERING
The Big Green Gathering is where it all began for The Big Red Bus festival shuttle service. We took over from a local operator who didn’t really understand about festivals in 1996. Catching the Big Red Bus to the Big Green Gathering continued until the festival unfortunately ceased to be, at least for the time being.
HOP FARM FESTIVAL
Last year The Big Red Bus provided a free shuttle from the local station to the Hop Farm Festival in Kent, allowing the number of cars being driven to the site to be hugely reduced.
